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Ski Wall: 1976-1977

The big news for the upcoming ski season looks like “long softies” – something everyone seems to have produced at least one ski model intended for fast bump and powder skiing. The popularity of short skis now begins to fade. Other innovations that hit the scene for 1976-1977 were asymmetric sidecuts (GS on one side, SL on the other), groove less bases (“Hart and Olin have been conducting tests which show that the groove is unnecessary on hard snow even for the skier who likes to carve his turns.”), and P-tex top skins which can be refinished easily.

Looking at Skiing Magazine’s official photo of the 1976-1977 skis a few models completely jump out:

Atomic’s ACS Leader ($ 180) – ACS (which stands for Atomic Compact Ski) is just just a step away from the great ARC.